Bent
We know it, yet I can't help but repeat:
Between you and me are no borders;
Only several miles of sea,
As I keep plunging myself underwater
Trapped in a metal house of need,
No pin-ups on the wall; only your photo,
Sitting over my bed, looking at me,
In a smile that's almost forgotten
Nights and days down here are the same;
Darkness and reefs, signals and whales,
Sharing their lovesongs with the whole murky reign,
And the radars are going crazy:
In those noises I keep hearing your voice
And how you pray for me, Sally, I know,
But hands of a clock that won't let me go
Twitch in a loop as it's snowing
I won't be for summer, nor return for the fall,
Unless duty unchains us: still hoping
While caught on a diet of fading tinned meat
Sealed in the can till we're cracked open
No pressure is stronger than the way how I feel
When I know I'm not coming over,
And every time I descend into thoughts,
I'm bent by your absence, and just long to get home
◀ Go back
Between you and me are no borders;
Only several miles of sea,
As I keep plunging myself underwater
Trapped in a metal house of need,
No pin-ups on the wall; only your photo,
Sitting over my bed, looking at me,
In a smile that's almost forgotten
Nights and days down here are the same;
Darkness and reefs, signals and whales,
Sharing their lovesongs with the whole murky reign,
And the radars are going crazy:
In those noises I keep hearing your voice
And how you pray for me, Sally, I know,
But hands of a clock that won't let me go
Twitch in a loop as it's snowing
I won't be for summer, nor return for the fall,
Unless duty unchains us: still hoping
While caught on a diet of fading tinned meat
Sealed in the can till we're cracked open
No pressure is stronger than the way how I feel
When I know I'm not coming over,
And every time I descend into thoughts,
I'm bent by your absence, and just long to get home
2022